Principle

 CIVIL PROCEDURE – Res Judicata – Issue Estoppel – Requirement of Identity of Subject-Matter

Area of law
CIVIL PROCEDURE
Court
Supreme Court

Res judicata requires three identities: parties, issues, and subject-matter. The parties in both actions must be the same or their privies. The issue in the current suit must have been actually and necessarily decided in the earlier proceedings. The subject-matter (the property or right in…

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